Kobe Mutch

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}

{{Use Australian English|date=May 2018}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Kobe Mutch

| image = Kobe Mutch 2018.1.jpg

| caption = Mutch playing for Essendon in April 2018

| fullname =

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|03|18|df =y}}

| birth_place =

| originalteam = Bendigo Pioneers (TAC Cup)

| draftpick = No. 42, 2016 national draft

| debutdate = Round 6, 2018

| debutteam = {{AFL Ess}}

| debutopponent = {{AFL Mel}}

| debutstadium = Etihad Stadium

| height = 187 cm

| weight = 83 kg

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = {{AFL Ess}}

| guernsey = 19

| years1 = 2017–2020

| club1 = {{AFL Ess}}

| games_goals1 = 4 (1)

| statsend = round 8, 2018

| careerhighlights =

}}

Kobe Mutch (born 18 March 1998) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) between 2017 and 2020. Mutch, who was named in the 2016 Under 18s All-Australian team,{{Citation | last = Waterworth | first = Ben | date = 30 June 2016 | title = Under 18s All-Australian team announced: Including Jack Graham, Hugh McCluggage, Jack Bowes | periodical = Fox Sports | url = https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/under-18s-allaustralian-team-announced-including-jack-graham-hugh-mccluggage-jack-bowes/news-story/779f98ab049bae8086de4e33a3f6834c }} was selected by Essendon with their fourth selection and forty-second overall in the 2016 national draft.{{Citation | last = Quayle | first = Emma | date = 8 December 2016 | title = Thank you very (Kobe) Mutch | periodical = The Age | url = https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/thank-you-very-kobe-mutch-20161208-gt72ti.html }} He spent the 2017 season in Essendon's reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL), where he came second in Essendon's best and fairest.{{Citation | last = Dearlove | first = Angus | date = 16 November 2017 | title = Keep eye on Kobe Mutch | periodical = Sunraysia Daily | url = http://www.sunraysiadaily.com.au/story/5062247/keep-eye-on-kobe-mutch/ }} He made his senior debut in the thirty-six point loss to {{AFL Mel}} at Etihad Stadium in round six of the 2018 season.{{Citation | last1 = Michaels | first1 = Jake | last2 = Walsh | first2 = Matt | date = 29 April 2018 | title = Heroes & Villains, R6: Stunning Swans and a wayward Don | periodical = ESPN | url = http://www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/id/23329483/afl-round-6-heroes-villains-stunning-swans-wayward-don }} On September 20, 2020, Essendon announced that Mutch would not be offered a contract for the 2021 season. {{cite web|url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/509543/bombers-axe-five-as-new-era-begins|title=Bombers axe five as new era begins|last=Twomey|first=Callum|date=20 September 2020|work=afl.com.au|access-date= 20 September 2020}}